Curtis Family Vineyards Chain of Ponds White Wine Packs

Four wonderful whites all of which are good drinking now – no further cellaring required. We lead off with Curtis’ silver medal winning Riesling which is textural and packed with fruit. Growers Gate PG is easy drinking, with great texture and plenty of pear flavour and the Curtis Heritage Chard is crisp and linear with citrus, peach and honeydew melon. The Botanica PG offers a lovely mix of pear and apple, crispness and length.

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Sometimes only a chilled glass of Sauv Blanc will do. So here’s six exceptional examples for you to have a crack at... from Margaret River, Pemberton and the Adelaide Hills. Oatley’s Margs SBS picked up a Trophy and golds at the Royal Adelaide Wine Show and offers a beguiling mix of passionfruit, lime zest, white pepper and greenery. Picardy’s Sauv Blanc Sem (85% SB) is superb, with crisp fruit and great texture. No surprises that it has picked up a 96. Three distinct clones of SB are used along with 2 different yeast strains. On opening it seems soft and delicate but as it airs, minerality, guava, lime, passionfruit and all manner of complexities emerge. The Chain of Ponds SB is crisp and offers a lovely mix of greenery and passionfruit. The Riposte, made by the Legendary Tim and Nick Knappstein is textural, succulent and pungent, a joy to drink. Howard are major growers in the Adelaide Hills and supply substantial quantities of fruit to what are arguably the two best known producers of SB in the region. This, their own bottling, is of course excellent too. Finally the Cape Jaffa SB is also lovely with tropical fruits, citrus and more are at play. Learn More

A tiny production, single vineyard Riesling from the Eden, textural and aromatic Sauv Blanc from legend Tim Knappstein, fragrant and creamy PG and a zesty Sauv Blanc from Chain of Ponds. These are all drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so over the next couple of years. The Riesling, a joy now, will spread its wings over the next decade, if you have the patience. Learn More

A wonderfully flavoursome mix of whites ready to go, right now.

The Curtis Heritage Chard is crisp and linear with citrus, peach and honeydew melon. First Creek's PG offers pears and clarity of fruit and the Dell'uva Albarino brings peach, lemons, green apples, spice and salinity. The Joshua Tree, fresh off its gold at the International Riesling Challenge offers power, with classic lemons and limes and rapier like acidity.

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A Chardonnay, how we love thee! 6 cracking examples here from all over the place, including the Adelaide Hills, Limestone Coast, the Hunter and the Coonawarra. Spearheaded by Heirloom's 2018 reserve, worth $60 a bottle and Sidewood's 96 Halliday pointed and 6 gold medal winning stunner. All up $212 worth of delicious Chardy for just $140. Learn More

6 brilliant Chardies, hand-picked by the tasting panel and ready for you to enjoy right now. A delicious, minerally and linear reserve from Eight at the Gate, bright zestiness from Artis, and the exceptionally delicate and stonefruit-laden Coldstream Guard from the Yarra Valley. The Curtis Heritage, which is more of a nod to Chablis, with its aromatics of citrus blossom rounded out with peach. Leconfield’s buttery beauty which is replete with stonefruit, tropicals, smoke and grilled nuts and First Creek’s delightfully medium bodied Hunter exemplar. 6 lovely Chardies, all ready to drink, right now. Learn More